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Eric Miller / Reuters What Presidential Announcements Reveal About the Candidates
The speeches present the country’s condition as a puzzle that’s missing one piece, which the candidate can supply.
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Jim Young / Reuters Trump’s Hollow Call for Unity
A president who disdains acting presidential is unlikely to achieve much by relying on convention.
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How America Broke the Presidency
Two centuries after its design, the president's office is unworkable.
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Gregory Reid The Hardest Job in the World
What if the problem isn’t the president—it’s the presidency?
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Nick Didlick / Reuters All the Presidents' Dirty Tricks
Politicians have done some grim things in pursuit of the presidency, but there have also been times when people did the opposite: behaving morally when it was easier not to.
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Susan Walsh / AP / Zak Bickel / ... Donald Trump Is an Impossible Boss
The president's unpredictability undermines his staff, depriving his counselors of the benefits of experience.
